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🚀 Scaffolder-Toolkit (dk): Your Universal CLI for Professional Development

Tired of juggling boilerplate, inconsistent setups, and manual project configurations? Meet the Scaffolder-Toolkit (dk), a powerful command-line interface engineered to streamline your development workflow. Built for the Node.js ecosystem, dk provides an intelligent, workspace-aware solution to standardize project creation and maintenance.

Whether you're bootstrapping a new project, adding a package to a monorepo, or enforcing team-wide conventions, dk is the essential tool for a superior developer experience (DX).


The Core: Features Engineered for Developers 🛠️

  • Unified Command: Access all features with the short, intuitive command dk.

  • Intelligent Scaffolding: Skip the repetitive boilerplate. dk new scaffolds projects from pre-configured, production-ready templates. It’s not just about starting fast; it’s about starting right, every time.

    Example: Bootstrapping a New Project

    # Create a new Vue project
    dk new javascript my-awesome-app -t vue
    
  • Monorepo-Native: dk isn't just monorepo-compatible—it's workspace-aware. The CLI intelligently applies configuration and settings from your monorepo's root, ensuring a seamless, consistent experience across all packages and contributors.

  • Robust Configuration: The tool reliably finds your configuration file (.devkit.json) and uses a clear priority system to manage both local and global settings. This eliminates configuration drift and ensures consistency.

  • Powerful Cache Management: Optimize project setup speed with flexible caching strategies for your templates, especially when using GitHub URLs. You can choose to always-refresh, never-refresh, or use the default daily refresh.

  • Extensible and Dynamic: Go beyond the built-in templates. dk allows you to integrate custom templates from any Git repository or local folder. This means you can create your own company-specific templates and share them effortlessly.

    Example: Adding a Custom Template from GitHub

    dk add-template javascript react-ts-template https://github.com/my-user/my-react-ts-template.git --description "My custom React TS template"
    
  • Built for Humans: The dk CLI is designed with simplicity in mind. It supports full internationalization (i18n), automatically adapting to your system's language for a truly global, intuitive experience.


Why dk is a Game-Changer 🎯

In a world of fragmented tooling, dk provides a unified front for project bootstrapping. It's a workflow accelerator that reduces context-switching, minimizes human error, and empowers teams to focus on shipping code, not configuring it.

Ready to revolutionize your workflow?

Get Started ⚡

Install scaffolder-toolkit globally using your preferred package manager. You can find the package and its documentation here: Scaffolder-Toolkit on npm.

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